August 28, 2024, article from The Guardian.

In this commentary, Margaret McCartney raises concerns about the significant influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the UK’s National Health Service.⁠

“When we analysed the sources of those positive recommendations, they almost always had direct or indirect financial conflict of interest – which wasn’t usually obvious. In effect, it meant that the NHS was doing tests, funded by pharma, which its own independent advisers recommended against.”